Blog v Wiki
There are many differences and similarities between a blog and a wiki. For instance, blogs are more of a dated entry and wikis are a group of different pages all with their own individual name. Blogs are more for individuals who are writing their own pieces and making their own personal reflections. Whereas for wikis, it is more for a group of people who can edit pages that are not their own as many times as they would like to.
In the article, "How to Use Wikis for Business," by InformationWeek we see that the reason why many large corporations and companies use wiki is that, "the cost of publishing and sharing information had diminished substantially." Since the wiki is an open-source code which according to google means, "the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified." Because of this many corporations are can ahead and opt-in for an open-source distribution. They are able to cut costs and not use expensive tools and enterprise applications for information management.
Tumblr is a blog platform that had made its attraction to many teenagers and young adults. After Yahoo purchased Tumblr from Tumblr in 2013, things had started to take spin but not in a good way. According to the article, "Yahoo's Next Problem: Tumblr's Traffic Isn't Growing," by Jeff Bercovici we see that all growth had come to a halt. Tumblr was no longer thriving as it had once been under its original ownership. It had eventually, "lost it's cool," and that is completely understandable considering many times when a company is taken over by a new one it changes more for worse than it does for the better.
Blogs can be used for collaboration with companies that tend to want to advertise new and current products. Many times you can see blogs that partner up with companies to bring the best deal for their readers and consumers and gain more of an audience for both parties. And as for anything new for the wiki, they can probably come out with a feature that allows comments for those who don't want to contribute but would rather have discussions instead.
In the article, "How to Use Wikis for Business," by InformationWeek we see that the reason why many large corporations and companies use wiki is that, "the cost of publishing and sharing information had diminished substantially." Since the wiki is an open-source code which according to google means, "the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified." Because of this many corporations are can ahead and opt-in for an open-source distribution. They are able to cut costs and not use expensive tools and enterprise applications for information management.
Tumblr is a blog platform that had made its attraction to many teenagers and young adults. After Yahoo purchased Tumblr from Tumblr in 2013, things had started to take spin but not in a good way. According to the article, "Yahoo's Next Problem: Tumblr's Traffic Isn't Growing," by Jeff Bercovici we see that all growth had come to a halt. Tumblr was no longer thriving as it had once been under its original ownership. It had eventually, "lost it's cool," and that is completely understandable considering many times when a company is taken over by a new one it changes more for worse than it does for the better.
Blogs can be used for collaboration with companies that tend to want to advertise new and current products. Many times you can see blogs that partner up with companies to bring the best deal for their readers and consumers and gain more of an audience for both parties. And as for anything new for the wiki, they can probably come out with a feature that allows comments for those who don't want to contribute but would rather have discussions instead.
You gave a good information about wiki and blogs! I think in order to maintain wiki's reputation and make users to use Wikipedia, there should be a freedom of speech where users will be able to edit and add any information they want. Wiki also needs to improve quality articles from nonsense information. There should be some form of programming that could check and improve wiki's articles and posts. Do you agree with me?
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